Payback Season

2012

1h 31m

Drama

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8%

Tomatometer

12 Reviews

12%

Audience Score

100+ Ratings

A hot-shot footballer has it all until he runs into his old estate crew and gets caught up in the gangland ways his friends still pursue.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Adam Deacon, winner of the Bafta Rising Star Award, explores the nightmarish condition of fame, starring as a Premiership footballer who finds himself used as a cashpoint by former homies, and having his privacy invaded by scandal-sniffing tabloids.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 9, 2012

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 2/5

Mar 9, 2012

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

No amount of yoofsploitation grit could obscure the moral guidance in this story, making it a kids' film in spirit, if not certificate.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 8, 2012

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Mark Adams

Daily Mirror (UK)

A bit too heavyhanded as hoodies hit the football pitches.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 15, 2012

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

Nothing rings true, not even the tones on the characters' mobile phones.

Mar 11, 2012

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

Poorly directed and often excruciating to watch, this is a painfully pedestrian British drama with a simplistic, finger-wagging script and an awkward central performance from BAFTA Rising Star Adam Deacon.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 9, 2012

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not a bad British film this one..good cast good story shame it's about football but don't let that put you off it tells a good story about never forget your past and the people in your past...worth a watch..

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Standard soundtrack. Weak film. Oh dear, Sir Geoff.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Adam Deacon charismatic as always, script could have been better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

Seen it all before low life gangsta nonsense....innit...bruv.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

I wonder if Adam deacon has it written into his contract that he has to say "bad man" in every single film. Extended episode of dream team or footballers wives

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

not a bad British film this one..good cast good story shame it's about football but don't let that put you off it tells a good story about never forget your past and the people in your past...worth a watch..

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Anna Popplewell

Izzy

Adam Deacon

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Alex Esmail

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Bronson Webb

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Leo Gregory

Andy

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Synopsis

A hot-shot footballer has it all until he runs into his old estate crew and gets caught up in the gangland ways his friends still pursue.

Director: Danny Donnelly
Producer: John Adams
Screenwriter: Danny Donnelly, Jenny Fitzpatrick
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 31m